Vampyriscus nymphaeus

{{Short description|Species of bat}}

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| image = Vampyressa nymphae.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tavares, V. |author2=Muñoz, A. |author3=Rodriguez, B. |author4=Arroyo-Cabrales, J. |date=2015 |title=Vampyriscus nymphaea |volume=2015 |page=e.T22840A22058669 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22840A22058669.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Vampyriscus

| species = nymphaeus

| authority = Thomas, 1909

| synonyms = Vampyressa nymphaea

| range_map = Vampyriscus nymphaea map.svg

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Vampyriscus nymphaeus is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. It is known commonly as the striped yellow-eared bat. It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Honduras.Mora, J. M., Marineros, L., & López, L. I. (2014). [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.18475/cjos.v48i1.a7 First record of the striped yellow-eared bat, Vampyriscus nymphaea,(Stenodermatinae, Phyllostomidae) in Honduras.] Caribbean Journal of Science, 48(1), 49-51.